Sustainable communities skills and learning for place making
Title:
Sustainable communities skills and learning for place making
Author:
Rogerson, Robert J.
ISBN:
9781907396496
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Publication Information:
Hatfield, Hertfordshire : University of Hertfordshire Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 206 p.) : ill.
Contents:
1. Learning about sustainable communities -- 2. Educating built environment professionals for stakeholder engagement -- 3. Generic skills and workplace learning: supporting professional development through online learning communities -- 4. Developing the learning potential of strategic environmental assessment in spatial planning -- 5. Situated learning and the delivery of built environments for sustainable communities -- 6. Understanding and experimenting with skills for community planning -- 7. Raising catchment consciousness: how imaginative engagement can help sustainable use of rivers -- 8. Confronting sustainable community issues in a contested city -- 9. 'Chain gang conservation': young people and environmental volunteering -- 10. Action research to promote leadership and agency in developing sustainable schools and communities -- 11. The future of sustainable communities.
Abstract:
Drawing upon interdisciplinary research conducted across various universities within the United Kingdom, this book offers insights into how local initiatives can enhance sustainable development and engage people in creating better places in which to live. Demonstrating how to embed sustainability in all levels of education, this account contains imaginative, practical, and accessible ways in which communities and built-environment professionals are working towards a more sustainable future. Themes such as sustainable development, community coherence, conflict resolution, planning, and environm.
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Electronic Access:
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